How common is the surname Gough?

8,584 people in the United States had the surname Gough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,968 Americans. It ranked 4,132nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gough?

Alfred Gough, American screenwriter and producer, followed by Lloyd Gough.

Where is the surname Gough most common?

Wikidata records people named Gough in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Gough?

Gough is /ɡɒf/, one syllable.

Is the surname Gough getting more or less common?

More common. 8,408 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,584 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Gough

A surname, carried by 8,584 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɡɒf/ 1 syllable Soundex G200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gough is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

* As a Welsh surname, from coch (“red”). * As an Irish surname, reduced from McGough.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,584 people named Gough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,968 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,408.

#4,132

rank among US surnames

8,584

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,881)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,123	Hernandes	8,612	35,851
#4,124	Garrido	8,605	35,880
#4,125	Spalding	8,601	35,896
#4,126	Deanda	8,600	35,901
#4,127	Calabrese	8,599	35,905
#4,128	Matheny	8,595	35,922
#4,129	Yuan	8,588	35,951

Who is named Gough

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

85% of people named Gough identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goughs

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alfred Gough
American screenwriter and producer, born 1967
Lloyd Gough
American theater, film, and television actor (1907-1984)
Hubert Gough
British Army general (1870–1963)
Judith Gough
British diplomat, born 1972
Michael Gough
American voice actor (born 1956)

Notable Goughs come mostly from the United States (3), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gough

Gough has the Soundex code G200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G200.

Questions

Where does the surname Gough come from?: * As a Welsh surname, from coch (“red”). * As an Irish surname, reduced from McGough.
How common is the surname Gough?: 8,584 people in the United States had the surname Gough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,968 Americans. It ranked 4,132nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gough?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Gough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gough?: Alfred Gough, American screenwriter and producer, followed by Lloyd Gough.
Where is the surname Gough most common?: Wikidata records people named Gough in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Gough?: Gough is /ɡɒf/, one syllable.
Is the surname Gough getting more or less common?: More common. 8,408 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,584 in 2010, up 2.1%.